Re: C question

From: Sebastien <sebastien.bourdeauducq@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:48:21 +0200

> What does the following mean?
> I understand that it is a structure called dat_bits but ...
> 1) what does the 8 and the 24 mean?

Those are called "bitfields". They mean that the first field occupies 8
bits, and the second 24. You can use an arbitrary number of bits with this
syntax.

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